Administrative simplification regulations that govern privacy, security, and electronic transactions standards for health care information were mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Anton van Leeuwenhoek established the germ theory of disease.

Diagnosis-related groups required hospitals to be reimbursed a per diem amount.

Hippocrates was the first physician to consider medicine a science and art separate from the practice of religion.

Medicare, also known as Title 19, was established to provide comprehensive health care to people 65 years of age older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease.

The American Medical Association was established in 1901 as a national organization of state and local associations.

The AMA developed the Minimum Standard for hospitals to outline protocol for on-site inspections of hospitals.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration.

The primary purpose of the Joint Commission is to provide voluntary accreditation.

Tertiary care centers include services such as neurosurgery, radiation oncology, and pediatric surgery.